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 Dewey Decimal Number: 130 EAN: 9781879708167 ISBN: 1879708167 Label: Pir Press Manufacturer: Pir Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: October 01, 2002 Publisher: Pir Press Studio: Pir Press Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Perhaps no mystic in the history of the world has delved as deeply into the inner knowledge that informs our being as did Ibn 'Arabi. He was born into the cultural and religious crucible of Andalusian Spain in 1165, a place and time in which Muslim, Jewish and Christian scholars learned from each other and from the Greek classics that were then being translated and circulated. Drawing from the most advanced philosophical and metaphysical thinking of his time and from his extensive knowledge of the religion of Islam, Ibn 'Arabi created an extraordinary mystical theology that essentially sprang from his own spiritual realization. Because of the advanced nature of his teachings he has been known for 800 years as the Sheikh al-Akbar, or the Greatest Master. Because of the subtlety of his language and complexity of his thought, access to Ibn 'Arabi has always been difficult and translation daunting. Previously only short extracts were available in English. This volume, the first in our English translation of Les Illuminations de la Mecque, contains 22 key chapters of this Sufi 'summa mystica,' on such issues as Ibn 'Arabi's doctrine of the Divine Names, the nature of spiritual experience, the end of time, the resurrection and the stages of the path that lead to sanctity. This great book soars beyond time, culture and any particular form of religion. Describing what is fundamental to our humanity, it is astonishingly universal. Finally readers in the West have an entree into one of the most important, profound works of world literature. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Just a warning about "warning"I don't own this book in English and I cannot tell the quality of the translation. But, let me tell the following as an answer to the "warning" review below. 1) With respect to the "knowledge" of divine truth, It IS a fact that Ali was superior to all people under Mohammad (SAV), except Mohammad (SAV). The Prophet explicitly stated this. 2) Accepting the above fact doesn't make one a defendent of shiism. Shiism is far more complicated to explain and a view in which the role ... Read More Rating: - At last!An exellent translation of the Futhat al-mekkiyya or the 'Meccan Revelations' written by probably the most influential Sufi in Islamic history. It is almost ironic that although this book until now is the most difficult to find it is considered easier to read than the Fusus al-Hikam which has been translated many times into the English language. The book has been translated by William Chittick a scholar in the studies of ibn Arabi who in a number of his own books (Sufi path of knowledge, ... Read More Rating: - Pioneer translations of Sheikh al Akbar's FutuhatThe Meccan Revelations: Selected texts from the Al-Futuhat al-Makkiya Volume 1 by M. Ibn Arabi, edited by Michel Chodkiewicz, new introduction by James W. Morris, English translations by William Chittick and James W. Morris (Pir Press) Perhaps no mystic in the history of the world has delved as deeply into the inner knowledge that informs our being as did Ibn 'Arabi. He was born into the cultural and religious crucible of Andalusian Spain in 1165, a place and time in which Muslim, Jewish and Christian ... Read More 
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